Thursday, October 16, 2008

Succot supporting naturalistic lifestyle

I haven't given it much thought yet, but it obviously seems the Commandments of סוכות have (beyond the sense of being transient) some preference to 'naturalistic' sort of ideals (which needs looking into. i.e.- סכך that is not a plant is מקבל טומאה.. It has to be disconnected.. ארבעת המינים have to be fresh.. ניסוך המים has to come from a stream.. יום חיבוט ערבה במקדש..etc...).

as in the spiritual side of stuff, like the purpose of succos is to forget about the house and materialistic stuff and to trust in Hashem and remember that he gave us the anunim in the midbar and stuff like that.

I don't know if we're getting at the same thing, 'ananim in the midbar' is not a 'natural lifestyle'. I meant more like, further distancing from the unhealthy ways of over-industrialisation (which, in way, existed then too). Though I was just thinking that the process of Tefillin making actually suggests the necesity for a certain amount of industry, so...

על המחבר

I'm a Talmudist who has emerged from the Beit Midrash into the world with a vision that filters my reality through a Theological prism, though on the other hand I feel our religion has been corrupted by adding too much to it. I therefore attempt to reevaluate life and Judaism using thinkers in the spirit of Rational Judaism as my guide, while sometimes digressing about my station in life.
...I also talk about shidduchim sometimes!